FE Report | 2008-08-26 00:00:00
A meeting with the World Bank Review Mission on the progress of Public Procurement Reform Project (PPRP)-11 was held at the conference room of the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) under the Ministry of Planning in the city Monday.A...
NAIROBI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua): A Turkish manufacturing company is planning to visit Kenya to conduct a feasibility study on the viability of setting up a fertiliser manufacturing plant.Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka made the remarks in a statement recently after...
FE Report | 2008-08-26 00:00:00
Commercial Bank of Ceylon (CBC) launched "Loan Sale", an Eid promotional personal loan product for the second consecutive time Monday.The attractive feature of this promotional loan is 2 per cent reduced rate than the interest rate of normal personal loan...
Masood Alam Khan | 2008-08-26 00:00:00
The process of our cognitive impression, a part of our genetic behaviour, is based on what we see, what we hear, what we smell, what we taste---and what we read in newspapers and what we view in audiovisual media like...
DU Correspondent | 2008-08-26 00:00:00
A shopkeeper succumbed to his burn injuries and several people were wounded Monday as Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists went on rampage on the Dhaka University (DU) campus and its adjoining areas over news of injury of Tarique Rahman in...
WELLINGTON, Aug 25 (AFP): New Zealand cricket officials Monday welcomed the decision to postpone the Champions Trophy cricket tournament in Pakistan, saying it was the right decision for security reasons.New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan said he was pleased...
Metropolitan Sessions Judge's court Monday rejected detained former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's bail petition in Boropukuria Coalmine case, one of four graft cases she is facing after the January 11, 2007 changeover in the country's political arena, reports UNB.However, the...
NEW DELHI, Aug 25: (Internet): India is set to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) of USD 40 billion in fiscal 2008-09 with overseas investors betting big on the manufacturing sector in world's second fastest growing economy.The country received USD 20...
The home appliances of Whirlpool like refrigerator, air conditioner, washing machine and microwave oven will be available at over 250 Singer plus Shops across the country from now on, said a press release.The customers at Singer Plus will also enjoy...
HARARE, Aug 25 (Agencies): Two Zimbabwe opposition politicians were arrested Monday as they entered parliament to be sworn in, their party said.Eliah Zembere was among seven Movement for Democratic Change activists police have said they were seeking, alleging they were...
Importers of steel scraps have urged National Board of Revenue (NBR) to take action against pre-shipment inspection (PSI) companies for their failure to ensure proper shipment of imported goods, reports UNB.After a recent incident of fraudulent shipment of imported goods...
Apex Foods recommends 20pc cash dividendThe board of directors of Apex Foods has recommended 20 per cent cash dividend for the year 2007-2008. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on October 16, '08. The book-closure...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-26 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 25: Chittagong Customs House (CCH) earned revenue worth Taka 20.17 billion up to August 20 during the current fiscal which was 43 per cent more than that of the corresponding period of the preceding year.According to the available...
BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua): China's auto import grew faster in the first seven months of this year, as world auto giants turned to the Chinese market after the US economic slump and rocketing oil prices drove sales down on US...
M Abdul Kabir | 2008-08-26 00:00:00
Pervez Musharraf may be gone, and it is tempting to conclude that his downfall will now help Pakistan galvanize democracy. But a certain degree of misgivings still exists among political thinkers who say Musharraf's departure will not solve Pakistan's problems....
BOGRA, Aug 25 (UNB): A man was killed and two others injured in a bloody clash over a land dispute at Maloncha Bazar under Kahalu Upazila Sunday.Police said terrorists, reportedly hired by Sanju Member, attacked Masud and his cohorts at...
SYDNEY, Aug 25 (AP): The Australian cricket team is "passionately keen" to tour Pakistan in April next year, despite the postponement of next month's Champions Trophy tournament over security concerns.Cricket Australia is "desperately hoping" political turmoil in Pakistan eases in...
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 25 (AFP): Kuwait launched an initial public offering (IPO) Sunday for the emirate's third mobile phone company which is expected to start operating later this year, officials said.Under the IPO, open until September 18, half of Kuwait...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 25 (UNB): Bangladesh Army earned a comfortable 135-37 points victory over Kushtia DSA in a match of the Premier Bank 23rd National Basketball Championship here Monday.In the day's other matches, BKSP beat Jessore by 54-29 points, Bangladesh Navy...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 25 (bdnews24.com): Over one thousand workers of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) stopped work and held demonstrations Monday to press for a number of demands including job security and pay hike.The workers observed a token hunger strike and held...
Iraq suicide bombing | 2008-08-26 00:00:00
toll rises to 30FALLUJAH, Aug 25: The death toll from a suicide bombing at a banquet attended by police and members of an anti-Qaeda group west of Baghdad has risen to 30, a medic told AFP Monday. Another 42 people...
FE Report | 2008-08-26 00:00:00
After a pioneering and highly successful gender-targeted female secondary stipend programme, government has now decided to introduce a poverty-targeted stipend scheme to address large disparities across different income groups in the secondary school access and quality in the new Secondary...
IT augurs well to see that our capital market responding to the Security Exchange Commission's efforts started giving initial signs of coming back to the track. What crucially is needed now is that our regulatory body's confidence-building efforts be sustained...
TOKYO, Aug 25 (AFP): Toyota Motor Corp. announced today price hikes for some of its hybrid and commercial vehicles in Japan in an effort to cushion its profits from the impact of soaring material costs.Japan's largest automaker said it would...
FE Report | 2008-08-26 00:00:00
Hundreds of textiles mills are on the verge of shutdown due to the chronic gas crisis over the past few weeks, threatening a blow to the country's export earnings, textile millers said Monday.They also said the government move to shut...
PARIS, Aug 25 (AFP): American Serena Williams returned to the top three in the WTA rankings released Monday ahead of the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the season.The two-time US Open winner swopped places with Svetlana Kuznetsova, with...
PESHAWAR, Aug 25 (Agencies): Militants used rockets and a bomb to attack the family home of a lawmaker in Pakistan's volatile northwest early Monday, killing eight people including the politician's brother, police said.Meanwhile, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik announced a...
KHULNA, Aug 25 (UNB): A meeting of the Council of Advisers will be held at local circuit house today (Tuesday).Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed will chair the meeting which will be attended by advisers, CA's special assistants and other senior...
Visiting Secretary General of World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) M Jarraud paid a courtesy call on Defence Secretary Kamrul Hasan at the Ministry of Defence in the city Monday, reports UNB.M Jarraud remained with the Defence Secretary for some time and...
LIFE without electricity continues to be the fate of Bangladeshis. Cooling fans do not whir overhead during these scorching summer days, foods in refrigerators rot from long periods of power turn-offs, examinees cannot study peacefully for their vital exams as...
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